Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH085 : Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 215

Synonym : Glinus cambessedesii Fenzl.; Glinus cambessedesii var. nudiusculus Fenzl.; Glinus cambessedesii var. villosus Fenzl.; Glinus denticulatus (Guill. & Perr.) Fenzl.; Glinus mollugo Fenzl.; Glinus oppositifolius var. parviflorus Hauman.; Glinus spergula (L.) Steud.; Glinus spergula var. rotundifolia (Ewart & A.H.K.Petrie) Ewart & P.H.Jarrett Mollugo spergula L.; Pharnaceum spergula (L.) Dillwyn.;

Plant Common Name : bitter cumin, bitter leaf, Indian chickweed, jima, jharasi, kadvi bhaji, kapitthapatra, parpata, ushnasundara

Plant Family : Molluginaceae

Description : Diffuse or prostrate, glabrous herbs. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, unequal, 7-20 x 3-8 mm, obovate-spathulate, base attenuate, apex obtuse or acute, sub-succulent, subsessile. Flowers in axillary, 5-8-flowered fascicles; pedicel to 1.5 cm. Tepals 5, 5-6 x 2-3 mm, oblong, with green central stripe, broad thin hyaline margins, apex obtuse or acute, spreading at anthesis, closing again around fruit. Stamens 5, often alternating with linear, bifid staminodes; anthers oblong. Ovary ellipsoid , 3-celled; ovules many; styles 3, recurved; stigmas capitate. Capsule c. 3 mm long, oblong, loculicidal, enclosed in erect calyx. Seeds ovoid, curved, tubercled, dark reddish brown, with a pair of unequal white hilar appendages.

Plant Location in Melghat : In stream and river beds, drying ponds, moist fields

Medicinal Use / Activity : Treating abdominal pain; jaundice; malaria; wound healing; joint pains, inflammations, Diarrhea, intestinal parasites, fever, boils, skin disorders, immunomodulating effects, chronic and recurrent infections, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis; The plant is said to promote digestion and salivation. It is used as a treatment for bowel complaints and syphilitic affections.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: chemotaxis; Oppositifolone; squalene; spinasterol; oleanolic acid; phytol; spergulagenin A; vitexin; vicenin-2; benzoic acid; 4-hydroxybenzoic acid; 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; 4-hydroxy-acetophenone; methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate; anisic acid; vanillin; cinnamic acid; trans-ferulic acid; Kaempferol 3-O-galacto pyranoside; Spergulacin; spergulacin-A; glinoside C; spergulin A; spergulin B; spergulagenin-A; spergulagenin-B; spergulagenin-C; spergulagenin-D; linoside A; glinoside B; squalene; oppositifolone; lutein; Spinasterol; Beta-sitosterol; Stigmasterol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (10):

Beta-sitosterol;

Kaempferol;

Oleanolic Acid;

Stigmasterol;

Squalene;

Squalene;

Cinnamic acid;

Ferulic acid;

Lutein;

Spinasterol;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229860 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Glinus+oppositifolius - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357964/ - https://www.arjournals.org/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2164/1096

Reference : ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631

~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Molluginaceae - Carpet-weed family
Genus : Glinus L. - sweetjuice
Species : Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.

Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.